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Who says splash pads are just for kids? Maria Rocha and her 7-year-old daughter, also named Maria, beat the heat Wednesday, July 2, 2025, by taking a run through the spraying water at the Festival Park attraction. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin’s downtown splash pad the perfect cool-down place on hot 90-degree-plus days

July 3, 2025 at 1:15 p.m.

With temps in the low- to mid-90s through Saturday, Elgin's splash pad in downtown Festival Park is a good place to beat the heat.

The village of South Elgin is doing a $7 million water quality improvement project that calls for this water tower at West Spring Street near McLean Boulevard to be demolished and a new deep well be drilled at the site. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

South Elgin notifies residents of ‘forever chemicals’ found in drinking water

July 1, 2025 at 2:13 p.m.

One or more “forever chemicals” have been found in South Elgin's groundwater supply by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

For the third consecutive year, the village of Carpentersville held its Independence Day Parade on downtown Main Street on the Saturday before the Fourth of July holiday. Seen here passing out candy are members of the Algonquin Argonauts Football and Cheer teams. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Independence Day Parade in Carpentersville salutes the good old red, white and blue

June 28, 2025 at 1:27 p.m.

Crowds lined the streets of downtown Carpentersville Saturday for the village's annual Independence Day Parade.

Santiago Kibby was first in line Wednesday to receive a new refurbished laptop from AT&T in partnership with Compudopt at the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Illinois in Elgin. More than 600 laptops were distributed to Boys & Girls Club members throughout the state this week. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin Boys & Girls Club members receive free laptops from AT&T

June 26, 2025 at 2:32 p.m.

AT&T presented 200 refurbished laptop computers to members of the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Illinois in Elgin.

The Elgin Police Department and the city of Elgin are asking residents to put up free yard signs reminding neighbors not to set off illegal fireworks because of the effects the noise can have on pets and veterans with PTSD. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin police bring their fight to stop illegal fireworks to the neighborhoods

June 27, 2025 at 2:47 p.m.

Elgin police are taking several measures to curb illegal fireworks this year, from creating a special team to handle complaints to visiting neighborhoods to talk to residents to providing signs...

This aerial shot provides a view of the former Haeger Potteries property on Maiden Lane in East Dundee, which the village owns and plans to redevelop. (Village of East Dundee)

Three residential options proposed for East Dundee’s Haeger Potteries property

June 19, 2025 at 11:34 a.m.

Revised redevelopment plans for the former Haeger Potteries property give the East Dundee Village Board three residential options from which to choose, all with lower density and more parking than...

Van's Frozen Custard & Burgers in East Dundee will be moving to a new location in West Dundee later this summer now that the building in which it is located has been purchased by the village of East Dundee. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Van’s Frozen Custard moving to West Dundee after village buys its East Dundee building

June 17, 2025 at 3:10 p.m.

The village of East Dundee's purchase of the building that's currently home to Van’s Frozen Custard & Burgers will close by month's end, with the shop making plans to move...

Protesters armed with American flags and signs lined both sides of Kimball Street at North Grove Avenue Saturday, June 14, 2025, for a 'No Kings' Rally held in Elgin (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Huge crowd lines Kimball Street for ‘No Kings’ protest rally in Elgin

June 16, 2025 at 1:25 p.m.

The 'No Kings' protest rally in Elgin Saturday drew a huge crowd to Kimball Street armed with signs bearing messages like, “Rejecting Kings since 1776,” and chanting in opposition to...

Elgin's affordability and quality of life are among the reasons the city was ranked No. 5 on the best places to live in Illinois list compiled by U.S. News & World Report. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin ranked No. 5 for best place to live in Illinois by U.S. News & World Report

June 13, 2025 at 4:21 p.m.

Elgin ranked No. 5 on Best Places to Live in Illinois list compiled by U.S. News & World Report.

A cornerstone of Elgin’s Unsheltered Pilot Program has been housing homeless people at the Lexington Inn & Suites to ensure they have shelter, food and access to social service assistance. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin’s pilot program to help the homeless seems to be working, officials say

June 18, 2025 at 11:24 a.m.

Elgin’s Unsheltered Pilot Program has had many successes since the decision was made in December to shut down and dismantle Elgin's "tent city" along the Fox River and move its...

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